Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

A killer actually said such a thing—even if Gao Jing knew the original plot, he couldn't help feeling a little absurd at this time.

Black and White Xuanjian pretended not to see it, looked ahead, and said, "Go on."

"cough--"

Gao Jing withdrew his gaze and said, "Master Zhao Zhang lost his position as prince and even lost the chance to inherit the position of monarch without committing any death. Naturally, he was not reconciled, so he followed The sand dune palace, and Zhao Yong lived forever.

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Gradually, Zhao Yong also came to his senses, and began to regret this matter, and had the idea of ​​re-establishing Gong Zizhang as the prince and regaining the power by himself.

It's just that this idea was decisively rejected by Fei Yi, the Prime Minister of Zhao Guoguo at the time.

Then Zhao Yong came up with another idea, to divide the Zhao country into two, and each of the two sons would inherit half of the Zhao country..."

Yan Lingji blurted out in surprise: "Zhao Yong is confused? He wants to split his own country?"

Gao Jing shook his head and said, "Zhao is quite special. It is nomadic in the north and farming in the south. It is not surprising that Zhao Yong has this idea."

Yan Lingji asked curiously, "Did he really do that?"

"Did not have time."

Gao Jing shook his head and said: "Young Master Zhang intends to lure Zhao He, but Fei Yi sees it through with his life, and has no choice but to flee to the sand dunes, but he is still killed by the pursuers.

The army killed Gong Zizhang, expelled everyone in the Dune Palace except Zhao Yong, sealed the palace, and did not allow anyone to enter or leave...

It didn't open until three months later. "

Dian Qing asked, "What about King Zhao Wuling?"

Gao Jing said indifferently: "There was no food left in the Dune Palace at that time."

Dian Qing was stunned for a moment before realizing it, and exclaimed in surprise, "Hungry...starved to death?"

Yan Lingji couldn't help shivering too.

The majestic hero of a generation was actually starved to death in his own palace in the end?mouth.

Chapter 73 Handan

The Dune Palace is garrisoned by Zhao Jun.

Naturally, Gao Jing and his entourage couldn't get close, so they just took a look from afar, and could only see the continuous Zhao army joint battalion and the densely packed "Zhao" flags.

Vaguely, you can still see many soldiers coming and going in the barracks in the distance.

If you get close, you will be caught as an intruder.

Although his life may not be in danger, Gao Jing doesn't want to be a prisoner either—the army of this era doesn't say that it treats prisoners preferentially.

So the four of them just watched from a distance for a while, and then drank a cup of wine as a sacrifice.

After leaving, the next stop is the capital of Zhao State, Handan.

……

The sand dunes are not far from Handan, and the four arrived in "[-]" after only two days of walking.

Looking at the city wall of Handan from a distance, Gao Jing said with a smile: "There have been many theories about the naming of Handan, and one of them is the most powerful one, which is the place where the sun rises and sets!

It is not difficult to guess that when Zhao Jinghou moved the capital of Zhao State to Handan, he had the ambition to dominate the Central Plains in his heart, but it was a pity that this ambition was finally blocked by Zhongshan Kingdom. "

The carriage was unhurried, and finally entered Handan City.

Yan Lingji's small mouth opened wide, and she couldn't help being surprised and said: "What a big city! Couldn't tens of thousands of households live here?"

Forget about a country bumpkin.

Gao Jing smiled and corrected: "No, the residents of Handan today are far from tens of thousands of households, but tens of thousands of households! Because it is one of the two largest cities in the world today, which is also called "Linzi", the capital of Qi State. The largest city in the Central Plains."

Yan Lingji couldn't help yearning and said: "I really want to see what Linzi is like."

"We'll go."

Gao Jing smiled and said: "More than 200 years ago, when Yan Zi was the prime minister of Qi State, when he was sent to Chu State, the king of Chu laughed at Yan Zi's short stature and said that there was no one in Qi State, so he sent you as an envoy.

Yanzi replied: There are [-] households in Linzi, the capital of Qi State. When people spread their sleeves together, they can cover the sky; Say there is no one in Qi?

That was more than 200 years ago, nearly 300 years ago. Now you can imagine how many people there are in Linzi. "

Yan Lingji really turned her head to think for a moment, and said: "I can't imagine it."

"Ha..." Gao Jing couldn't help laughing.

……

As soon as you enter Handan, you can see the streets full of people, people coming and going, it can be said that there is no place for people to stand.

Other places in Zhao State are depressed, as if people are crowding to Handan.

Walking along the road, I have to say that Handan is indeed prosperous and lively, with streets and houses in good order, and all kinds of shops.

Gao Jing's eyes were fixed on a shop that seemed to sell clothes.

There are trousers there.

If it is true history, except for the Zhao country, the clothing styles of other countries are basically gowns with a skirt and hem, so that all men are empty and chilly underneath.

But here is not real history, but Qin X's fantasy world, where there are even stockings, let alone pants.

In fact, this is called "dandy", also known as "shin clothing", which was introduced by Zhao Yong from the Hu people after the reform of "Hu clothing riding and shooting".

This kind of "Hu clothing" is convenient for activities, whether soldiers are marching and fighting, or farmers are farming in the fields.

The four of them wandered around until dark before finding an inn to stay.

After wandering around Handan for three days, even if they didn't deliberately inquire, they learned a lot of news from Zhao's chat.

Today's King Zhao is still King Zhao Mourning and Xiang. Zhao Yan loved a prostitute very much. He even appointed a prostitute as the queen for this reason, abolished the original prince Zhao Jia, and replaced the son of the prostitute Zhao Qian as the prince.

And Zhao Qian, in Zhao's population, is an obvious misbehavior.

Dian Qing couldn't help but said: "Another fatuous monarch who harmed the country because of a woman!"

Gao Jing smiled, but didn't speak...  

Yan Lingji pouted, wanting to say but didn't know what to say.

Black and white Xuanjian are equally silent, there was King Zhao Wuling before, and then there is the current king Zhao Yan...

Dianqing was still indignant, and said: "Sir, you should go and tell King Zhao about King Wuling of Zhao, so that he can wake up!"

Gao Jing said with a smile: "There are so many ministers in the Zhao Kingdom, if they were useful, they would have advised them a long time ago... Speaking of which, it is also a good thing."

Dianqing was taken aback: "Good thing?"

Gao Jing nodded and said: "The monarchs of other countries are not stupid. Wouldn't the resistance of Qin to unify the six countries be greater? Wouldn't more people die by then?"

Dianqing thought about it, and was no longer angry.

……

Handan is almost finished, and the four of them plan to leave Handan to continue traveling.

Before leaving, Gao Jing deliberately sought out the Confucian disciple in charge of intelligence in Handan to find out what happened in the various countries recently.

Other countries are fine, and there is a feeling of calm.

In the Qin court, someone broke out that Zheng Guo was a middleman sent by South Korea to Qin to exhaust Qin's strategy.

Now Zheng Guo is imprisoned, and the construction of Zheng Guoqu has also been suspended.

The next thing should be King Qin expelling foreign guests, and Li Si's "Admonishment and Expulsion Order" was published--3.9 Gao Jing silently thought.

This was the beginning of Li Si's rise.

The news from South Korea was somewhat unexpected: Ji Wuye was imprisoned by the King of Han, and the post of South Korean general fell to Wei Zhuang.

Han Fei's movements are also quite fast.

Then Confucianism specially presented congratulations to Lejia Nongyu to celebrate Lejia becoming one of the hundred schools.

After Confucianism, Mohism, and Taoism also gave Nongyu a gift.

Plus Wei Zhuang's Strategist, Han Fei's Legalist...

In the past, there was Gao Jing’s evaluation of Kuangxiu, and later, Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, Strategists, and Legalism stood for Nongyu. ..

Chapter 74 The Hypocrisy of Confucianism

After leaving Handan, the four of them continued to march towards the territory of Yan State.

Yan Lingji finally finished learning the characters, and Gao Jing also began to use "The Analects" to enlighten Yan Lingji.

Naturally, Dian Qing and Black and White Xuan Jian were also listening.

"The Master said: If you don't suffer from others, you don't know yourself; if you suffer from others, you don't know yourself!"

Gao Jing recited it first, and Yan Lingji repeated it. Her voice was soft and charming, and it sounded captivating and pleasant.

After Yan Lingji finished reading, Gao Jing explained to her: "Don't worry that others don't understand you, you should worry that you don't understand others.

The point of this sentence is that a gentleman seeks from himself! "

Yan Lingji asked suspiciously: "What does this mean?"

Gao Jing explained: "The core points of Confucianism are up to me! Many people have misunderstood Confucianism, thinking that Confucianism is concerned with society, human relations, and asking others to do...

17 This is actually the biggest misunderstanding!The core of Confucianism is about yourself, what you should do, and what kind of person you want to be! "

"Myself?" Yan Lingji asked thoughtfully.

Gao Jing said: "The ideas of all schools of thought all hope that people as small as yourself and as big as the whole world can accept your ideas and become the people you want!

Even Taoism is no exception!It’s just that Taoism’s thinking is too profound. If Taoism requires others to use the “law of action”, it will not be able to achieve the “law of inaction”, so it can only use the “law of inaction” to influence others...”

Yan Lingji was a little confused: "I don't understand."

Gao Jing also felt that what he said was too messy, thought for a while, and said: "Simply put, what Confucianism pursues is firstly to become a sage, and secondly, under his influence, let more people become sages like himself!

If you are not a virtuous person, then try your best to achieve it first. That's why Confucius said that a gentleman does not worry that others don't understand him, because the first thing a gentleman wants to cultivate is his own state.

To use an analogy: Many people think that Confucian etiquette is cumbersome, but these etiquette are not for asking others, but for asking Confucianism itself!